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“I told him you are only going to gain about fifteen seconds going end to end speeding, said Mr Preston.”

He said the driver continued to swear at him.

“He walked over to me and just put his hands on my shoulder, one on each side, and shoved me backwards. I went flying backwards and just went bang on the ground.”

Hutchings is then said to have tried to help the injured man to his feet. But when the pensioner said he would report him the delivery driver got back in his van and drove off – leaving him in agony in the road outside his home.

Gordon Richings, prosecuting, said: “It isn’t in dispute that Mr Preston’s hip was shattered and an operation was needed. What is in dispute is how the complainant came to fall.